4000003870

. BooK

VIII.

Royal

Commentaries•

them

~ntered

into the Tree, whilfr the other foared

alof~, be~g

ready to take

tne

Bird

foon

il1e

~dventured.

our. When the

:Sir~

was forced out .by

the Kefirel

the Tree, the other without fiooped at her like a Hawk ; whICh

the Bfrd avoiding, recurneq agam to

tl1~

Tree, to

fhelc~r

her

felf;

then the

Kellrel which was on the Wing entered

after her, whilfi the other took her

place

the

Air ;

and thus they'entered and

fapi~d ~hree

or four times,

unrill

at •

lafi the poor

Bird

adventured to fly towards a building, where {he fheltered

he~

felf

withln the hole of

Vvall,

little, that the

Kefhe~s

could not ent_er, and.

efcaped

from

being made

prey

un~o

them.

~Il

this

time fome

Spaniard~

with

great

delight

and curiofity qbferved the many

fhifts

of thefe Creatures, which na–

ture

had

caught them to maintain and pre[erve themfelves. They have wild Bees

divers manners; but fuch as are hou[ed and hived

home, they have

non~,

neicber have the

Spaniards

taught the

Indians

as yet how to manage them. Their

wild Bees

hive themfelves, and make

th~r

Honey

clef

ts,

and hollow places

of the Rocks and hollow Trees: the Bees which are

the cold Countries

make

little

Honey, becaufe they want. Flowers and

odo:ife~ous

Herbs out of

which to

exrraa:

it;

and that

little

wh1cb they do make

bitter,

and

the

Wax

black

and

of no

ufe :

But in the warmer Countries, and more temperate, where

the

Climate

yields good

He~bs,

and

odorife~ous

Flowers ; the J:Ioney

~ e~cel

lenr,

and white, clean, and very

weet : This fort of

~oney bem~

earned

mro

colder Countries, candies and turns to

Sugar ; they highly efl:eem

it,

not onely

becaufe

wholfome food,

but

alfo

becaufe

medicinal, and very whol–

fome.

CH AP.

Of the divers forts of ParrotS' ; and how talk._ative

they

are1.

Arrots breed, and are found mofr commoniy

the Mountains of

Antu

;

they

are of divers forts

and

fizes, fome being greater, and fome lefS: the little

ones are lefs than Thrutbes, and the great bigger than Kefuels; there are fome

all

over of the fame colour

'.t

others of great variety, being green, yellow, blew and

red, e[pecially thofe of the great kind, which the

Spaniards

call

GuacamayM,

which

are of all colours, efpecially their Tails, which are long, and the Feathers fo

fine

t11at

the

Indians

the days of the Fefiivals adorn themfelves

with

them ;

fro~

the beauty of which Feathers

{ohn Bocacio

took

his fubject

to frame the pleafanc

Novel of Friar

Cipolla.

The

Spaniards

call thefe Parrots by divers names accor–

ding to the difference of their

fize

and bignefs : the leaft of

all

they

na~e

Peri–

qm~!os,

thofe thJt are bigger they call

Cat1ilnillM,.

and fuch as are a fize b"gger, and

wh!ch fpeak belt, they name

Loro

;

and

the b1ggeft of all, which are dull, and

never fpeak, they call.

Guacamaya1,

and are good

for

nothing but

look upon,

for the

bea~ty

of their

Fe~thers :.

Such as thefe they carry into

Spain

in Cages,

for the

delight they have

hearing them talk ; but others, which are

not

~eautifull,

nor diverting, they think not wonh the care and charge of tranfport–

tmg

far.

the

Year

H5,

.and

)6,

there

wa~

a. Parrot at

Potoji,

which was one of

thofe

called

Loro,

which

was fo ready

m its

Tongue, that it would call the

I ndi–

ans,

as they paffed along the Stre

ets

by the names of their feveral Countries;

fach as

Colla, Yunca, Huayru,

f)g_ec

~1.uc

&c. as

had been acquainted

with

the feveral

Sa!h~s

they wore on thei

r H

eads, to difiinguifh their Countries.

Upon a certain day

th~re w~s

beautifu ll

Jndian

oman paffing the

Streets

very

fine, and accomparued with three or fou r Servant,..'1\1aid

as if fhe had

been fome great

Lady,

Pal/vi

of the Bloud-Royal :

foo~

as the Parrot

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